Westminster Abbey Church and the Long Parliament Canon Strong
The article traces the career of Oliver Strong from his Dorset preaching to his rise as pastor of Westminster Abbey Church in 1650. It notes his associations with Parliament, his sermons before the Lord Mayor, and his burial in the Abbey. It also recounts the fates of Abbey Church leaders, including Bradshaw and Rowe, and the church’s later relocations and notable members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Parliament
Strong
Dorsetshire
Assembly of Divines
St. Dunstan’s
Fleet-street
Great Old Abbey
Bradshaw
Charles
Abbey
Stephen Marshall
Cromwell
Pym
Charles the Second
Calamy
Westminster
Obadiah Sedgwick
Theophilus Gale
Abbey Church
John Rowe
Oxford University
Witney
Tiverton
Rowe
Commons
Blake
Gray’s-inn-lane
Bunhill-fields
Westminster Abbey
Bartholomew’s Close
Holborn
Thomas Rowe
Girdlers’ Hall
Basinghall Street
Haberdashers’ Hall
William Cromwell
Ancient Church
Westminster Abbey and its ancient Commonwealth worship
The passage reflects on Westminster Abbey beyond Dean Stanley. It urges visitors to remember its original consecration by the worship of the old Independent Church of the Commonwealth, honoring those buried or commemorated there.
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Westminster Abbey
Dean Stanley
Independent Church of the Commonwealth
The Liberation Movement Lecture Progress At Local Halls
A series of public meetings discusses the Liberation Society and anti state church stance. G W Conder lectures at Sowerby Bridge on fallacies of church power while Pudsey hosts a rally backing religious independence from state control.
Bradford lecture on Church Establishment politics discussed
Rev. Marmeduke Miller addressed a large Bradford audience at the Mechanics Institute on the political aspects of the Church Establishment question in reply to Mr. Lawrence. John Priestman, Esq. chaired the event and both lecturer and chairman received unanimous votes of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Moitlett
Sowerby Bridge
Enoch Mellor
Halifax
Pudsey
Society For the Liberation of Religion
Elias Thomas
Bradford
George Grundy
B. Clingworth
B. Wainwright
John Andrew
Leeds
J. Atkinson
H. Watts
Stanningley
United Kingdom
Ireland
M. Tunnicliffe
Church of England
Andrew
Leeds Mercury
Hoppershetp
Marmaduke Miller
G. G. Lawrence
St. Paul’s Church
Joseph Woodhead
Miller
Lawrence
Ler
Garrett
Ories
Mr. Lawrence
Mr. Miller
Brapforp
Yorks
Marmeduke Miller
Mechanics’ Institute
John Priestman
A. Illingworth
Arnold
Eli Thomas
Irish Church Movement Lecture At Chesterfield Assembly Room
Rev W Walters of Newcastle lectured on the Irish Church to a crowded Chesterfield audience. The Derbyshire Courier notes the strong Irish turnout and lists platform speakers including Revs F Bishop J Clarke B May and Andrews from Leeds. The lecturer urged disendowment of the Irish Church and withdrawal of Maynooth grants.
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W. Walters
Newcastle
Chesterfield
Derbyshire Courier
Conservative Journal
F. Bishop
J. Clarke
B. May
Andrews
Leeds
Tucker
F. Brsuer
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
United Kingdom
W. Watters
Maynooth
A of Commons
Mr. Andrews
T. Cranks
J. Tucker
Coarnman
Derbyshire Times
Meeting at York Lecture Highlights Sentimental Grievance
On Thursday last week Mr Waittens lectured to a crowded York audience in the Lecture Hall. Mr J Rowntree chaired and opened with remarks on the sentimental grievance describing it as an imaginary issue. He mused on the hypothetical prospect of Irish Catholic priests conducting services in local churches next Sunday.
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York
Waittens
J. Rowntreee
Rowntree
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